ldquo This morning I thought I was worth a great deal of money now I don rsquo t know that I have a dollar rdquo Former US president Ulysses S Grant said those words the day he was swindled out of his life rsquo s savings by a business partner Months later Grant was diagnosed with incurable cancer Concerned about providing for his family he accepted an offer from author Mark Twain to publish his memoirs which he completed a week before he died The Bible tells us of another person who faced grave hardships Jacob believed his son Joseph [... more]